This painting, attributed to Karol (or Charles) Bechon (c. 1732-1812) and Franciszek Smuglewicz (c. 1745-1807), draws its inspiration from an event that occurred during...
According to folklore and oral history preserved in the Icelandic Book of Settlements (Landnámabók), an enigmatic figure named Uni lived a troubled life in...
This painting, by the French artist Jean-Paul Laurens (c. 1838–1921), depicts the explorer, Christopher Columbus, in an audience with his patron, Queen Isabella (r....
According to folklore and oral history preserved in the Icelandic Book of Settlements (Landnámabók), an enigmatic figure named Uni lived a troubled life in...
Virgil (Roman poet, 70-19 BCE)
"Rumor, quicksilver afoot
and swift on the wing, a monster, horriffic, huge
and under every feather on her body--what a marvel--
an eye...
Sun Tzu (sayings recorded between the 6th and 3rd centuries BCE)
"Managing many
Is the same as
Managing few;
It is a question of
Division."
Sun Tzu's The Art of War (Chapter...
Sophocles (c. 496-406/405 BCE)
"Second thoughts make liars of us all."
Sophocles, Antigone, approximately line 390, translated by Robert Fagles (Penguin Classics, 1982, 1984, 2018).
Hákon Eiriksson was a Norwegian nobleman with ties to the Danish royal family. His father, Jarl Eirik Hakonarson, had aligned himself with King Sweyn...
A man called Thórarin, nicknamed Loftunga (or Praise-Tongue), was an 11th-century Icelandic skald who offered his poetic services to the prominent Scandinavian kings of...
This painting, attributed to Karol (or Charles) Bechon (c. 1732-1812) and Franciszek Smuglewicz (c. 1745-1807), draws its inspiration from an event that occurred during...
This painting, by the French artist Jean-Paul Laurens (c. 1838–1921), depicts the explorer, Christopher Columbus, in an audience with his patron, Queen Isabella (r....
According to folklore and oral history preserved in the Icelandic Book of Settlements (Landnámabók), an enigmatic figure named Uni lived a troubled life in...
Sophocles (c. 496-406/405 BCE)
"Second thoughts make liars of us all."
Sophocles, Antigone, approximately line 390, translated by Robert Fagles (Penguin Classics, 1982, 1984, 2018).
